deliver

读音

• /dɪˈlɪvə(ɹ)/ Received-Pronunciation
• /dɪˈlɪvɚ/ General-American

释义

1. 解救；拯救

   deliver a captive from the prison

   從監獄解救俘虜

2. 與出生有關

3. 與出生有關

   接生

   the doctor delivered the baby

   醫生接生下那名嬰兒

4. 與出生有關

   替產婦接生

   formal · + "of"

   the duchess was delivered of a son

   公爵夫人產下一子

   the doctor is expected to deliver her of a daughter tomorrow

   醫生明天要給她接生下女兒

   Sche was delivered sauf and sone

   c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC:

5. 與出生有關

   產下

   she delivered a baby boy yesterday

   她昨天產下一子

6. 解除負擔

   Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.

   1622, Henry Peacham, The Compleat Gentleman

7. 寄送，派送

   deliver a package;  deliver the mail

   寄送包裹；寄送郵件

   Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered.

   1897年12月 (標示為1898年)，温斯顿·丘吉尔，第X章，收錄於The Celebrity: An Episode，紐約：The Macmillan Company；倫敦：麥米倫出版公司，→OCLC：

8. 引渡，繳（槍械、毒品等）

   deliver the thief to the police

   把小偷扭送警局

   Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.

   你仍要遞杯在法老的手中。

   1611，The Holy Bible, […]（King James Version），London： […] Robert Barker, […]，→OCLC，「Genesis 40:13」：

   The constables have delivered her over.

   c. 1596–1599，William Shakespeare，「The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]」，收錄於Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies（First Folio），London：Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount，1623 出版，→OCLC，「[Act V, scene iv]」：

   The exalted mind / All sense of woe delivers to the wind.

   1725，Homer，[Elijah Fenton], transl.，「Book IV」，收錄於The Odyssey of Homer. […]，第I卷，London： […] Bernard Lintot，→OCLC：

9. 兌現（承諾）

   informal · intransitive

   "You know, he plays great sometimes when he doesn't score," Brown said. "Tonight, with Rip (Richard Hamilton) struggling, we needed somebody to step up, and he really did. He really delivered."

   2004, Detroit News, Detroit Pistons: Champions at Work (page 86)

   However, ministers argue they are delivering the Brexit demanded by the electorate – and say it is time for businesses to wean themselves off cheap migrant labour.

   2020 February 18, “UK to close door to non-English speakers and unskilled workers”, in The Guardian:

10. 演講；演說

    The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.

    1897年12月 (標示為1898年)，温斯顿·丘吉尔，第I章，收錄於The Celebrity: An Episode，紐約：The Macmillan Company；倫敦：麥米倫出版公司，→OCLC：

    It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver.

    2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:

    England went into the interval 22-6 down, a second [Owen] Farrell penalty their only response to Scotland’s burst of tries. They had not conceded more points in a Six Nations match in the Eddie Jones era and when the whistle blew for the interval, Dylan Hartley formed his players into a circle to deliver a rallying cry.

    2018年 2月24日，Paul Rees，「Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England」，收錄於The Guardian，London，原始內容存檔自原始內容，存檔時間 2018年4月22日：

    deliver a speech

    作演講

11. 執行，履行

    to deliver a blow

    給予打擊

    shaking his head and delivering some show of tears

    The New Arcadia

    a. 1587，Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney]，「(please specify the page number)」，收錄於Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio（編），The Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia]，London： […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie，1590 出版，→OCLC；republished in Albert Feuillerat（編），The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia（Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney；I），Cambridge, Cambridgeshire：University Press，1912，→OCLC：

    An uninstructed bowler […] thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward.

    1822，[Walter Scott]，Peveril of the Peak. […]，(please specify |volume=I, II, III, or IV)卷，Edinburgh： […] Archibald Constable and Co.；London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co.，→OCLC：

12. 發現；展示

    I'll deliver myself your loyal servant.

    我愿意呈献我自己做你们的忠仆。

    c. 1608–1609，William Shakespeare，「The Tragedy of Coriolanus」，收錄於Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies（First Folio），London： […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount，1623 出版，→OCLC，「[Act V, scene vi]」：

13. 准許；允許

    obsolete

14. 施打藥物